"Double the college tuition fee" Haha, Byul, How long does it take to send your child to an English kindergarten?

Haha, attention is focused on the English kindergarten where the Byeol couple's children attended.

In ENA, AXN, and K-STAR's 'Haha Bus', which aired on the 6th, a family visiting Jeju Island was drawn.

On this day's broadcast, the Haha family spent time with foreign passenger Michael. Haha and Byeol, who welcomed a foreigner, delayed responding to each other, and finally got a laugh by being hit by the 11-year-old Dream from an English kindergarten.

The awkward atmosphere was short-lived, but Dream quickly became friendly with the foreign customer 'Michael' thanks to his fluent English skills. Byul, who saw this, said, "I did a good job spending the money. I feel rewarded for the education expenses."

Michael also praised Dream, saying, "You speak English better than your mom and dad." Shortly thereafter, a shocking twist was revealed. Michael, who did not speak a single word of Korean after getting on the bus, poured out Jeju dialect as soon as he met an elderly haenyeo.

Michael bowed his head and apologized to Haha and Byul, who were excited about being tricked, and confessed that he had lived in Korea for 15 years, saying, “Dream is good at English, so I wanted to help him practice speaking naturally.” Moreover, when Haha asked for his Korean name, Michael said, "I don't have a Korean name, just call me Ma Cheol-soo," and made him hold his belly button with a mastery of Korean jokes.

The couple's children went to the so-called 'English Kindergarten', an English academy for young children. Gangnam and Seocho-gu, which are considered to be areas where private education is concentrated, had the highest number of English kindergartens with 86. Gangdong and Songpa-gu also reached 54. It was followed by Eunpyeong/Seodaemun/Mapo-gu (30), Gangseo/Yangcheon-gu (29), and Seongdong/Gwangjin-gu (28).

Last year, the average monthly tuition for an English kindergarten was about 1.12 million won. This is an increase of 2.8 percentage points compared to the previous year. The most expensive place is about 2.65 million won. Converting this into an annual unit is about 13.51 million won, which is about twice the tuition of a four-year university (6.73 million won).

Reporter Yoon Jun-ho, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr